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United States Patent | 5,633,660 |
Hansen ,   et al. | May 27, 1997 |
An integrated input device which comprises: a contact sensor capable of producing an analog signal indicative of the location of the position which is touched; an A/D converter capable of receiving the analog signal output from the contact sensor and converting it to a digital signal; a computer capable of receiving the digital signal output from the converter, interpreting the digital signal and transmitting a digitized video signal in response to the digital signal; a video connector capable of receiving the digitized video signal output from the computer; and a display which is capable of receiving the output from the video connector.
Inventors: | Hansen; Peter K. (Stamford, CT); Kragh; Lars (Stamford, CT) |
Assignee: | Trinitech Systems Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Appl. No.: | 430887 |
Filed: | April 28, 1995 |
Current U.S. Class: | 345/173; 345/156; 345/179; 345/905 |
Intern'l Class: | G09G 005/00 |
Field of Search: | 345/173,156,174,175,179,905 341/22 178/18-19 |
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